Frosty air, frigid water can’t spoil Pennsylvania trout opener
This opening of trout fishing, similar at least to openers in years past, offers hope and promise that the world is finally starting to move on in a normal fashion.
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Pennsylvania trout season off to a cold, slow start – but with high participation
It’s good to see so many showing an interest in the sport.
All-tackle Keystone Select stream section new in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission made a wise choice when it created a new “all-tackle” Keystone Select Stocked Trout Water in Centre County.
Trout stocking via helicopter means more fish for anglers
Anglers will have the opportunity to catch trout on remote lakes in northeastern Minnesota following helicopter-based fish stocking efforts this fall. The Minnesota DNR typically uses trucks to stock fish, but traditional methods can’t be used in some of the state’s difficult-to-reach lakes. In those waters, airplanes have been used for years to provide aerial stocking. But recently, pilots in…
Fish bypass system gives rare trout new life – 115 years later
It’s being heralded as a major step toward someday enabling Lahontan cutthroat trout to make the same 100-mile journey – upstream from a desert lake on tribal land northeast of Reno to Lake Tahoe atop the Sierra – that they did before the Nevada dam was built in 1905.
Kicking big-lake madness via trout isolation
Why late summer provides an ideal time to have the streams all to yourself.
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat has significant future plans for trout management
PFBC reveals strategy for management of both wild and hatchery trout and their waters over the next four years.
Does repeated catch-and-release of trout hurt fisheries?
Questions surround how well trout do after numerous releases.
Pennsylvania’s wild trout resource is astounding
Pennsylvania has enough wild trout streams to keep an angler busy for years.
How ‘knot’ to let the big one get away
Learning to tie effective knots is not hard to do and can make the difference between bringing home a bragging-size fish or just talking about it.
Early trout season opener in Pennsylvania makes little difference
Personal complaints aside, it was the correct decision to open trout season early in Pennsylvania, and six weeks out, everything seems normal.
A different way to fish salmon and trout
Salmon and trout fishing on Lake Ontario jumped off to a good start because of the mild winter we experienced and the fact that there was little ice on Lake Erie. Kings showed up in early April all along the lake and with the unseasonably cool spring, they have been hanging around for fishermen to catch. Of course, the traditional…
Pennsylvania students enjoying bonus time for trout fishing
With all this extra time, high school and college students are spending many hours trout fishing.
Surprise: Pennsylvania trout season now open
Anglers must abide by social distancing guidelines while fishing and boating.
Trout outlaws and the social media sewer
Misinformation and trout law-breakers run rampant on social media – and sadly, they seem to be proud of it and make no effort to become informed.
PFBC cancels Southeast Regional trout season amid COVID-19 outbreak
The Fish & Boat Commission also announced a number of changes to its trout stocking plans. For starters, public volunteers are no longer permitted to assist with trout stocking, a longtime tradition for many families across the state.
A guide for taking kids trout fishing
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s popular mentored youth trout days will once again provide opportunities in stocked trout waters a week ahead of the regional and statewide trout season openers.
DNR OKs first statewide trout management plan
The inland trout management plan includes four primary goals.
Why this blogger is not renewing his Trout Unlimited membership
Why should someone who has devoted a fair portion of his life to coldwater conservation for the past 44 years be “forgiven” for fishing with lures? Most TU members don’t understand this concept. To them, it is all about what they view as a “greater calling” — fly-fishing. And this blogger has had enough.
Brook trout: A love of little fish
They’ll measure, at most, about 11 inches, with the majority probably going no more than 8 inches tip to tail. That’s not much fish when you’re used to 20-inch smallies, but there’s an appeal to them this blogger can’t shake.
Plan a trout trip to north-central Pennsylvania
Blogger finds solitude and excellent trout fishing.
Double duty: When trout and bass fishing overlap
In the weeks ahead trout action will likely start to dwindle as the weather warms and trout anglers back off pursuing their favorite fish. At the same time, bass fishing will intensify. But for now, at least in this part of New York, an angler can have the best of both worlds.
Hens are still calling the shots for Pennsylvania toms
Not all was lost, however, as Big Pine Creek offered outstanding trout fishing all week.
Always much-anticipated trout opener again delivers
The writer, his daughter and son-in-law enjoy trout, birds, fellowship and the pleasant weather on the opening day of trout season.
A mixed bag in trout opener
Welcome warmth greets anglers as the first day of the regional trout opener arrives. But in general, catches are slow and complaints many.
It’s a great time to be a Pennsylvania trout angler
After nearby angler lands a beautiful fish, and celebration ensues, blogger thankful to be a part of this experience – and that his boy could witness this all-around positive camaraderie along the stream.
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